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Make Money With Your Captain’s License: David G. Brown

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A practical guide to turning your love for boating into money in the bank
You may dream of making your passion for the sport a means for a livelihood. Whether you are looking for new employment possibilities or wanting to remain active in your golden years, Captain [...]

Essential Technical Analysis: Tools and Techniques to Spot Market Trends: Leigh Stevens

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“…a good introduction to technical analysis. It reads lighter then most tutorials due to the skill of the writer.” — Pat Cifaldi, Chartered Market Technician (CMT) TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, The Monthly Newsletter of the Market Technicians Association, Inc.
“…a good introduction to technical analysis. It reads [...]

Nonprofit Strategic Positioning: Decide Where to Be, Plan What to Do: Thomas A. McLaughlin

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Nonprofit Strategic Positioning: Decide Where to Be, Plan What to Do is the first nonprofit-oriented book to describe strategic positioning as an alternative to traditional strategic planning. Even in the nonprofit sector, strategic planning is becoming discredited as a formulaic, go-nowhere exercise. This book will take the reader on a stimulating journey [...]

The Valuation of Technology: Business and Financial Issues in R&D (Operations Management Series): F. Peter Boer

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“The Valuation of Technology is a timely and thoughtful book on a critical issue in the global business arena. Peter Boer’s insights constitute important reading for leaders in all fields.”-Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management
“The Valuation of Technology fills a critical void for those executives who [...]

The IT Manager’s Survival Guide: Rob Aalders, Peter Hind

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“..a commendable feat..” (Information Age, May 2002) 
“…extensive resource into the roles and requirement of an IT manger, including tips and techniques on how to get ahead…” (M2 Best Books, 2 September 2002)
“…I particularly liked the authors’ attention-grabbing anecdotes [...]

Wise Choices: Decisions, Games, and Negotiations: Richard J. Zeckhauser, Ralph L. Keeney, James K. Sebenius

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This book will help all those faced with consequential decisions, ambiguous alternatives, and uncertain outcomes to make choices that improve the welfare of individuals and society. DLC: Decision-making - Mathematical models.
About the Author
Ralph L. Keeney is among the world’s best-known experts on [...]

The Coach U Personal and Corporate Coach Training Handbook: Coach U Inc.

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The Most Comprehensive TrainingTool for New and Experienced Coaches
Founded in 1988, Coach U, Inc., is the largest provider of online training for individuals interested in entering the fields of personal and professional coaching. Coach U, Inc., has educated more than ten thousand people, providing them the information, tools, [...]

The Art of What Works: How Success Really Happens: William Duggan

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A commonsense approach to creating effective new strategies from ones that are proven to work
From Napoleon through Jack Welch, great leaders have always “borrowed” great ideas from others. The Art of What Works cuts against the grain of today’s one-size-fits-all strategic gurus to argue that there are no intrinsically good or bad strategies–just flexible [...]

Quantitative Analysis For Management: Charles P. Bonini, Warren Hausman, Harold Bierman

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This text may be used in a required or elective quantitative analysis course at the Junior level or first year MBA. It also may be used for an elective course in Modeling and Analysis, Decision Sciences or Management Science. A major new feature of the book is the [...]

Backfire: Carly Fiorina’s High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard: Peter Burrows

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From Publishers Weekly
Burrows, who reported on the merger of technology rivals Hewlett-Packard and Compaq for Business Week during late 2001 and early 2002, turns the notes from his day job into an uncompromising look at the deal and the woman who set it in motion, HP [...]